Clothing protector



Feb. 27, 1962 W. L. KAISER CLOTHING PROTECTOR Filed Jan. 26, 1959 IJIJIJJIJ/YJJJJJIII.

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RTTO RNEY United States Patent 3,022,514 CLOTHING PRQTECTOR Walter L. Kaiser, 928 Beaumont St., Erie, Pa. Filed Jan. 26, 1959, Ser. No. 788,839 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-60) This invention relates to clothing protectors and, more particularly, to an improved removable protective cover for shirt collars.

So-called white collar workers who ordinarily wear white shirts and who work as office personnel, salesmen, etc. are constantly confronted with the difiiculty of keeping the inside hands of their shirt collars clean. Dust entrained in the air combined with perspiration from the workers neck, especially in warm Weather, forms a coating of discoloration on the inside of the shirt collar which is unsightly and disconcerting to the wearer of the shirt. Ordinarily, the outside parts of the shirt are not soiled as quickly as the neck band and, therefore, the objectionable area is the local area adjacent the neck of the wearer of the shirt.

It is, accordingly, an object of this invention to provide a simple device of the type described adapted to adhesively engage the inside of a shirt collar and completely cover the inside band of the shirt collar to protect it from the wearers neck.

Another object of the invention is to provide a protective cover for the inside of a shirt collar which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and simple and eficient to apply and to use.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, size, proportions, and minor details of construction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a view of a shirt having an improved protective device therein;

FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the shirt taken on line 22 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on line 33 of FIG. 4 of the protective device showing the material thereon and the backing material still in place; and

FIG. 4 is a top view of the protector.

Now with more specific reference to the drawing, a shirt is shown having a collar with a main shirt portion 14. The shirt portion 14 has a neck band 15 which forms the terminus of the upper portion of the shirt material. The neck band 15 is stitched to the shirt portion 14 at 13 in a conventional manner. The inside collar band 17 terminates at its upper end in a fold 16 and the collar then extends outwardly to form an outside flap 11. Buttons 7 are provided to close the shirt in the usual manner.

A protector 12 is preferably made of a thin plastic material such as cellophane having a gummed coating on an outside surface which will, when stored, be attached to paper backing 19 and 19'. The paper backing 19 and 19' may be pulled from the pressure sensitive adhesive surface 20 and the device pressed against the inside of the collar band 17. The surface of the protector 12 opposite the gummed surface 20 will have adhered thereto a coating of fiber material 21 such as white cotton which may be attached to the adhesive by a cement ice process or some suitable process. rial 21 will be white and will have the general appearance of the shirt. If a light colored shirt is used, the material 21 will have the same color as the shirt material.

The paper backings 19 and 19' are supported in two spaced strips on the protector 12 when stored to protect the gum thereon. The strip can be out 01f to the proper length and the protector 12 bent laterally to cause the edges of the backings 19 and 19 to break away at the edges, thereby facilitating removal.

The calibration marks are put in place on one edge of the backing 19 to facilitate removal thereof. The long marks are all one inch apart while the short marks are one-half inch apart and a numeral 5 is printed opposite each fifth long mark. Therefore, assuming the protector 12 is stored in rolls with the backing in place and a user desires to protect a sixteen inch collar, he will cut off a length of sixteen inches from one end or the length identified by the spaces between three of the numeral Ss plus one additional calibration. This will leave four spaces from the end to the next numeral. The next sixteen inch length required will be cut at two spaces beyond the second numeral 5, or the four inch spaces plus ten spaces plus two spaces.

By applying the improved protector to a shirt and by removing the paper backing and pressing the adhesive side of the protector against the shirt collar, the shirt can be worn one day and then the protector removed and replaced by another protector. The shirt can then be worn the following day with substantially the appearance of a clean smrt. Therefore, the cost of laundering the shirt will be reduced and wear and tear on the shirt itself due to drastic treatment during laundry will be decreased.

The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferred practical forms but the structure shown is capable of modification within a range of equivalents without departing from the invention which is to be understood is broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claim.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

A disposable protector for a shirt collar to be attached to the inside of the neck band thereof adjacent the neck of a wearer comprising a band of thin plastic sheet material approximately the width of the neck band of a shirt having pressure sensitive adhesive on one side thereof, a removable sheet of backing material on said adhesive adapted to be removed when said protector is attached to said shirt collar, and a fibrous material on said plastic sheet material on the opposite side thereof from said adhesive, said fibrous material resembling the material of said shirt collar in appearance, said backing material having marks thereon spaced one inch apart, each fifth said mark being numbered with a similar numeral.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,267,394- Ferguson May 28, 1918 1,518,293 Zang] Dec. 9, 1924 2,279,663 Dillon Apr. 14, 1942 2,344,781 Mullen Mar. 21, 1944 2,483,952 Wayworth Oct. 4, 1949 2,634,420 Jackson Apr. 14, 1953 2,637,034 Smith May 5, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 27,572 Great Britain of 1908 The covering mate- 

1. A DISPOSABLE PROTECTOR FOR A SHIRT COLLAR TO BE ATTACHED TO THE INSIDE OF THE NECK BAND THEROF ADJACENT THE NECK OF A WEARER COMPRISING A BAND OF THIN PLASTIC SHEET MATE RIAL APPROXIMATELY THE WIDTH OF THE NECK BAND OF A SHIRT HAVING PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ON ONE SIDE THEREOF, A REMOVABLE SHEET OF BACKING MATERIAL ON SAID ADHESIVE A DAPTED TO BE REMOVED WHEN SAID PROTECTOR IS ATTACHED TO SAID SHIRT COLLAR, AND A FIBROUS MATERIAL ON SAID PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF FROM SAID ADHESIVE, SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL RESEMBLING THE MATERIAL OF SAID SHIRT COLLAR IN APPEARANCE, SAID BACKING MATERIAL HAVING MARKS THEREON SPACED ONE INCH APART, EACH FIFTH SAID MARK BEING NUMBERED WITH A SIMILAR NUMERAL. 